Learning and Technology

Fall, 2019
Behavior Theory Part 2
Office hours: 2:00 - 3:30, T/TH C1-1C
Reading for Tuesday : Anderson chapter
Previously 1) Associations / Connections
2) Systems 1 & 2 are effective and sometimes add
odds with one another
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objects in the world, they must determine which
sound sequences are words. To do so, infants must
uncover at least some of the units that belong to

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their native language from a largely continuous
stream of sounds in which words are seldom
surrounded by pauses. Despite the difficulty of
this reverse-engineering problem, infants
successfully segment words from fluent speech
from ≈7 months of age.
Previously Describe one behavior change you want to see
happen on campus. What are people doing
now? What should they be doing? Propose
(describe) a “nudge” a “boost” or technology
that provides feedback that would encourage
people to make that behavior change.
A quick A quick review
review!
Break up into groups, pick a technology and review it together, creating a
short presentation at the end of the class to 1) describe the app, 2)
analyze how it works from a learning perspective, and 3) recommend or
not recommend it for use with some rationale as to why.

The purpose of this activity: Review & assess!

Do you understand the theories we’ve discussed so far? Can you apply
them to evaluate a technology?
Review tips Describe the app ::
Who is the intended user?
What does the app advertise itself as doing?
How do you use the app?
When / where do you use it?
Review tips Learning ::
What do players learn from the app?
What associations are developed?
What role does the technology play in the learned
behavioral change?
Review tips Recommendation ::
Any problems with the app? Ethical or otherwise?
Any particular benefits of the app?
Does the app do learning well? What could be
changed to make it better?
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Discussion What is learning?
Has your view of learning changed? How?